LA Unified School Board
Newest member of the LA Unified School Board; attorney and former fifth grade teacher
PROFILE
Monica Ratliff
Guest
FROM Monica Ratliff
Which Way, L.A.?
The School Board Member Who Wasn't Supposed to Win Monica Ratliff is a fifth grade teacher who, with a $50,000 campaign, beat overwhelming odds and defeated Eli Broad, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the "reform movement" and its $2 million budget. In the studios of KCRW we speak with the newest member of the LA Unified School Board member and ask what she thinks about the so-called "reform movement," iPads, achievement tests and Superintendent John Deasy.
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